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= Introduction: Lesson 25 = Before reading //Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest//, review text and graphic features. Review the purposes of nonfiction text and graphic features. Have students do a picture walk and begin to fill out a F/Q/R chart : Fact / Question/ Response. Have students pay close attention to the graphic features first. Have them write questions they have based on the graphic features. This will set the purpose of reading and make it more interesting for the students. Closely read pages 302,304, 306, 310 and 316.

Prior to reading //The Big Cleanup//, go over all features of a play. Discuss the features: Cast of Characters, illustrations, stage directions and how these features help the reader make predictions. Also. remind the students that although this is a play is does have the same features of a story, as there is a beginning, middle and end, characters facing a problem and there is a setting. Review all target vocabulary before reading. Closely read pages 318 and 319.

= Student Outcomes: =
 * Students will be able to identify the main ideas in Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest by using the text and graphic features.

= = || =Title 2: The Big Cleanup = || 1.) On page 302, how does the author use a strong lead to begin the passage? Explain using two details from the text. 2.) What is the subheading "Climbing Mount Everest" mostly about? (Use the subheading to help you infer the main idea as well) 3.) On page 304, there is a landform map presented. What is the purpose of this map? 4.) On page 306, the author chooses to use the word "//increases// when describing the altitude. What clues in the text help you infer the meaning of "//increase//"? 5.)On page 306, a text box is used to inform the reader about frostbite. How does this feature connect to the subheading "Mountain Conditions"? 6.) Based on the boxed fact about //Survival Equipment,// what can you infer about climbing a mountain? 7.) On page 310, the authors creates a certain mood. What mood is conveyed?How does this mood help you understand //"The Climb Along the Ridge"?// 8.) In the last paragraph on page 316, which words help you infer what succeed means || =Questions:= 1. Who is telling the play? What details help you know this? 2. On page 318, there are stage directions. how do the stage directions help the reader in this scene? 3. There are different scenes in the play. Where does the scene take place on page 319. What details can you tell me about this setting? ||
 * =Title 1: Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest=
 * =Questions:=

= Summative Questions: = 1.) What can you conclude about Mount Everest? Use at least two details from the story to support your answer. 2.) Why does the climb up Mount Everest take several weeks? 3.) Use two character traits to describe //Scott in The Big Cleanup//. Use two details form the play to support your reasoning. 4.) What is the big problem in Scott in //The Big Cleanup//? 5.) How is the problem solved in Scott in //The Big Cleanup?//

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